Johan van der Merwe




I'm doing 26 things
 

Johan van der Merwe's Life List

  1. 1. Improve my Spanish
    2 entries . 15 cheers
    1,042 people
  2. 2. learn italian
    2 cheers
    5,710 people
  3. 3. Learn Arabic
    2,102 people
  4. 4. Leave South Africa
    8 entries . 6 cheers
    8 people
  5. 5. Stop being ashamed of being South African
    9 entries . 48 cheers
    1 person
  6. 6. Read a book every month
    15 entries . 22 cheers
    231 people
  7. 7. Do something that will make me more interesting to other people
    5 entries . 5 cheers
    2 people
  8. 8. become less attached to material possessions
    15 entries . 25 cheers
    6 people
  9. 9. increase my income
    4 cheers
    87 people
  10. 10. Sort out my tax problems
    9 entries . 4 cheers
    1 person
  11. 11. Improve my social skills
    2 entries . 6 cheers
    162 people
  12. 12. Learn how to deal with groups of people
    7 entries . 1 cheer
    1 person
  13. 13. Accept that I enjoy being alone
    8 entries . 22 cheers
    2 people
  14. 14. try new things
    3 entries . 6 cheers
    342 people
  15. 15. List the things normal people like that I don't
    13 entries . 3 cheers
    1 person
  16. 16. List the things I like that normal people don't
    4 entries . 2 cheers
    1 person
  17. 17. List 43 strange things about me
    12 entries . 1 cheer
    2 people
  18. 18. Get rid of my lingering desire for a girlfriend
    6 entries . 4 cheers
    1 person
  19. 19. live simply
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    3,259 people
  20. 20. Accept my femininity
    3 entries . 3 cheers
    1 person
  21. 21. Promote Atheism
    6 entries . 4 cheers
    7 people
  22. 22. save my money
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    346 people
  23. 23. buy my own house
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    479 people
  24. 24. stop hating people
    1 entry . 4 cheers
    41 people
  25. 25. Beat my depression
    3 entries . 3 cheers
    1,682 people
  26. 26. get a bachelor's degree
    2 entries . 1 cheer
    435 people

How I did it
How to get a job
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Recent entries
Beat my depression (read all 3 entries…)
Vitamin B 3 months ago

Last month I tried taking a vitamin B supplement for my depression. I looked up information about vitamin B and I found that it is supposed to help with stress and vitamin B6 is supposed to help with depression.

I don’t think it worked at all. In fact, I feel more depressed than last month. I think it might be that there was already so much vitamin B in the multivitamin I was taking that it wasn’t possible to see any difference. I also think that I am comparing the results to how much better I felt last month after the St. John’s Wort so it hasn’t been given a fair chance.

I would like to know what results other people get from taking a vitamin B supplement for a month because I am not in a position to be able to test it properly.



learn french
The basics 3 months ago

I have now learnt the basics of French. I used a book and audio course to learn the language and then I read a book called Le Petit Prince.

I only wanted to learn as much as is needed to be able to read the language and I am happy with not being able to speak it very well.

I have heard that the French don’t like people speaking their language badly more than any other people in the world so that is why I decided to learn only how to read it.



Beat my depression (read all 3 entries…)
St. John's Wort 4 months ago

St. John’s Wort is supposed to be a natural cure for mild depression. I went and got myself some and I have been taking it for about 2 weeks now.

At first it didn’t seem to do much but I feel much better now after 2 weeks. I have heard that it is no better than a placebo but I am unable to explain how much better I am feeling in any other way. I haven’t suffered any of the side effects that other people have had which is good.

I am still a bit sceptical so I am going to see how I feel when I stop taking it in another 2 weeks.



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